Ji Tang

Chapter 707
"Master Hou!"

Lao Zheng carefully came to Ji Song and called in a low voice.

"Ok!"

Seeing Mr. Hou like this, Lao Zheng felt uncomfortable!
Sometimes he really wished that the Marquis could be more cruel, maybe that way he wouldn't be so uncomfortable!

He sighed and whispered: "The Princess Mansion sent someone to say that Honglei passed away peacefully."

Ji Song's eyelids twitched and he touched Dahuang's head lying at his feet.

"Where did it end up?"

"The stables in the backyard of the Princess Mansion never came up the moment they arrived."

"The stables!"

He looked out the door and seemed to see an old horse trudging towards the place where he was born.

It is said that whether it is a person or an animal, at the moment when they are about to die, the place where they grew up will be most impressed in their hearts.

"Take Honglei back and bury him next to this prince's tomb." Ji Song ordered.

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

Lao Zheng is also a little sad. After all, we have been together day and night for many years. People are not grass and trees, and how can they be ruthless!

"From today onwards, we will be closed to all guests, no matter who comes to visit us."

Lao Zheng was stunned and said hesitantly: "Is this true?"

Ji Song suddenly turned around, looked at Lao Zheng and said word by word: "I don't see anyone I said, don't you understand?"

"No, I will give you the order right now!"

Trembling all over, Lao Zheng quickly turned around and left.

How long, how long has it been since we were so serious?
He could feel the Marquis's anger, which was anger that had been suppressed for a long time.

The next day, all the distinguished families in Chang'an knew that the Marquis of Hao was closing his doors to thank guests.From today on, except for Ji Song who can be seen in the Ministry of Justice, few people see him attending court or attending any banquets.

It was as if he had disappeared from Chang'an City. No one knew what happened. They only knew that he had become like this since he came out of the palace.

Maybe Li Jing and others could guess something, but no one said it.

But soon someone discovered the changes in the court. All the previous reductions in military expenditures were rejected by the emperor, and even increased investment in this area.

Imperial edicts were sent to various places every now and then, and every general with a surname received the edicts.

No one knew what it said, and the generals and prime ministers were silent.

But some people discovered that the generals spent more time going to the military camp, and there were more shouts of killing in the military camp.

And whether it was the border area or the Sixteenth Guards, people were constantly being sent to the Criminal Department.These people include people from aristocratic families and noble subordinates.

But as long as you understand, you will know that these people have committed crimes.When His Majesty sent Ji Song to deal with this matter, he originally thought that it would be a big deal but it would be a trivial matter, and in the end it would be nothing.

But no one expected that after a month of silence, all these people would be sentenced and detained in the Ministry of Punishment.After a review by Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the imperial censor, it was announced to the world and spread among the military.

Those who deserve to be killed will be killed, and those who deserve to be jailed will be jailed.Distributed to remote states and counties, dismissed from office and seized military power.

There was some chaos at the beginning, but after the generals inspected the border troops, they completely stopped and had no life!
Fast, too fast.

The things that were originally blamed on each other were completely resolved in just a few months.No matter how deep-rooted you are in the military, no one who commits any crime will escape.Those who wanted to resist did not cause the slightest disturbance under the suppression of the veterans.

No one knows why these veterans are so cooperative, let alone what role Ji Song played or what he did.

But it is undeniable that this incident has absolutely nothing to do with Ji Song, and he was even responsible for it.

By this time, everyone realized that they had underestimated Ji Song.

Zhang Liang, Duke of the Fallen Kingdom, had hundreds of adopted sons, hundreds of whom were imprisoned and dozens of whom were executed.

Just when everyone wanted to watch the conflict break out between these two people, no one expected that the Duke of the Fallen Kingdom, Zhang Liang, didn't even fart.In the end, all the adopted sons were even dismissed, and Shangshu asked His Majesty to convict him of his lax discipline!
In the end, although the emperor did not deal with him, he reduced Duke Yu's estate, stripped him of his military power, and closed his door to ponder his mistakes!

During this period, not one noble person interceded for him, they all just looked on and said nothing!

Now even the fools have realized that this is the noble Lord abandoning Duke Yu!

But what makes them so united?
No one knew why, and there were no rumors. It was as if it never happened.

Major changes also occurred in the court, the Ministry of War was strengthened again, Li Jing was re-appointed as Minister of War, and all other generals with the title of Minister of War were removed.

The left minister of the Ministry of War was also served by the British public Li Ji. The first thing they did after taking office was to conduct a thorough inspection of the number of troops.Anyone who makes false reports or conceals reports will be ordered to return to Chang'an to report on their duties.

Then there are the weapons and armor. As long as they are expired and have not been replaced, damaged, lost, etc., they will be registered.The general is the supervisor, and the weapons supervisor is working hard to build weapons and armor.

In order to quickly change the equipment, reserves from various places were used to completely change the equipment as quickly as possible.

In recent years, as Ji Song improved iron-making and steel-making technology, Xuanzhou Iron City's output increased significantly.Tens of millions of kilograms of iron ingots are transported to Chang'an every year, and this is still growing rapidly every year.

If the armor-wearing regulations of Tang Dynasty soldiers were about [-]% before, then this change of armor can at least expand the scale to [-] to [-]%.

What is this concept?It can be said that basically all the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can wear armor.All the Sixteenth Guards were wearing armor, and the rest were only auxiliary soldiers wearing leather armor.

Now some people panicked, and the civil servants became even more intense, but even Shangshu was beaten back.And they lost most of the power they finally wrested from the military commanders in a short period of time.

The aristocratic families were also panicked. Anyone who caused trouble outside would be imprisoned in the mansion, and their legs would be broken if they dared to go out.

Feng Ang, who was living in Lingnan, even went to Chang'an many times to express his intention to come to Chang'an to pay homage.

Goguryeo, Western Turks, and the northern miscellaneous barbarians fled in a hurry, not even daring to look south!
The generals and soldiers patrolled back and forth in various places, euphemistically calling them: Suppressing bandits!
The local wealthy families were scared to death, fearing that these Qiu Ba would treat them as bandits and kill them.It's so scary. Elite soldiers in full armor are wandering back and forth in front of your house. Even if you are not sick, you will be scared to death!
Those who have ghosts in their hearts have nightmares again and again, fearing that they will be beheaded when they wake up that day.

The door of the five surnames and Qiwang was closed tightly, and they were discussing nervously.

But before they could come to a conclusion, they were told to hand over their private soldiers. If they refused, they would be shot without mercy!

By this time, everyone understood that the emperor wanted to completely remove this cancer of the family.

The army is pressing down on the country, but the country is at peace. Even if you want to start a rebellion, you have no chance.

However, the emperor did not go too far. As long as he handed over his private soldiers, he would not take anything else.After many rounds of negotiations, the family and the emperor each took a step back.

The emperor promised that the family could retain a private army of ten to 100 people depending on their rank.

The family also promised to hand over the extra private soldiers and hand over the weapons at home, and then the matter was completely taken over.

An armed march comically solved the family's armed forces and also restricted the expanding family.

People had to bow their heads under the eaves, and this matter was temporarily over. However, according to the behavior of the aristocratic families in the past, this was probably not the end, and it would be time for them to exert their strength once the army left.

But will the emperor, who has spent so much effort, give them this opportunity?
(End of this chapter)